Real Estate News Archive

RISMEDIA, August 20, 2009-Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty has solidified its position as one of the Hudson Valley's largest real estate brokerages by expanding into Dutchess County through the acquisition of three Coldwell Banker Currier and Lazier Realtors offices. ...

RISMEDIA, August 20, 2009-The Association of Saskatchewan Realtors and Point2 Technologies Inc. announced the launch of Canada's first automated national real estate property listing syndication program to ever be undertaken by a regional Canadian real estate industry organization. ...

RISMEDIA, August 19, 2009-(MCT)-After losing his job in January, Stuart Miller has fought hard to keep his home out of foreclosure. At the end of May, the Plano, Texas, man began trying to get Wells Fargo & Co. to review his ...

RISMEDIA, August 19, 2009-American homeowners are much more realistic about their own homes' values than they were one year ago, but are more optimistic about the future than at any other time in the past year. More than half (60%) of ...

RISMEDIA, August 19, 2009-With a background in music and interior design, it's no wonder Barb Schwarz earned the title of "creator of staging"...complete with the federal trademarks that make it official. ...

RISMEDIA, August 19, 2009-Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose one point in August to its highest level in more than a year, according to the latest reading of the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Building on a two-point gain in July, ...

RISMEDIA, August 19, 2009-The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) annual REALTORS® Safety Week will be observed September 13-19, 2009. Real estate professionals face a greater level of risk than most other professions. Law enforcement and criminologists identify working with the public and isolation as major risk factors. "Real estate ...

RISMEDIA, August 19, 2009-Century 21 Real Estate LLC, the franchisor of one of the world's largest residential real estate sales organization, has announced the signing of an agreement by its Caribbean master franchisee to open the first CENTURY 21® franchise in Bermuda. The addition of Bermuda expands the CENTURY ...

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2009-It often seems as though men and women are from different planets, but every day millions of couples navigate through day-to-day and even life-altering decisions. Because a home is the biggest purchase most people will make in their ...

RISMEDIA, August 18, 2009-Existing-home sales in the second quarter showed healthy gains from the first quarter in the vast majority of states, and price declines have increased affordability in most metro areas, according to the latest survey by the National Association of Realtors®. ...

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2009-Since Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act earlier this year, many have seized the opportunity offered by the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. When you factor in today's historically low interest rates and housing affordability with the financial incentive from the government, ...

RISMEDIA, August 18, 2009-Freddie Mac recently announced that in the second quarter of 2009, refinancing borrowers overwhelmingly chose fixed-rate loans, regardless of whether their original loan was an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) or fixed. ...